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08-13-2016, 07:01 PM #1Junior Member
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McAvity's Special W & B
I'm a collector of all things Saint John New Brunswick where I live. I bought this razor today but I'm not 100 % sure if it was made for T. McAvity & Sons , a long time foundry in my city . I would have thought it would have been made by McAvity with their mark.
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08-13-2016, 08:02 PM #2Razorius Maximus
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Do you have pictures of it? I just like to look at nice razors :-)
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08-13-2016, 08:26 PM #3Senior Member
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Most of the razors were made for businesses by the major razor places overseas, i.e. Germany was a large producer of store brand razors rebranded for the ordering company's se. Tc
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08-13-2016, 08:49 PM #4barba crescit caput nescit
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The local business would have arranged to have his store name etched or stamped onto the blade, adds a little customization, was very common practice at the time.
So absolutely, it was made by W&B and your local NB business was added on....lots of examples of this.
Can you post any pictures?
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